Emmitt Smith

Part of my Emmitt Smith collection can be viewed online! Just click the blue banner above! (I have obtained many new Emmitt cards and am in the process of scanning them and performing a major overhaul to the Gallery)

When I was a kid, I thought I was a Dallas Cowboys fan. As it turns out, I was really an Emmitt Smith fan. My interest in the Cowboys severly waned when they traded him to the Arizona Cardinals and I lost almost all interest in the NFL for a few years after he retired in the spring of 2005. During all of this time, I have made collecting Emmitt Smith cards a priority in my personal collection. Even during my hiatus from the Hobby, I still stopped by the hobby shop in the local mall to add a few Smith cards to my collection.

The focus of my collection was originally to obtain at least one card for every year of Emmitt’s career. When that was accomplished, I wanted all 5 of his official Rookie Cards. Then I aimed for the Topps base card for every year of his career, as that was the only company that made a card each of his 15 NFL years (or so I thought — apparently Score did the same). Since then, I’ve just been trying to get my hands on anything I don’t have. If I find a set I really like, I’ll go after the Smith cards, otherwise, it’s whatever I can find.

Today, thanks to the Hobby’s online community and eBay, I have over 600 different Emmitt Smith cards. My collection may only have 1 certified auto and only 5 relics, and the “value” may not compare to that of many other player collections out there, but it has always been a source of pride and joy for me, which is what this Hobby is all about.

The card pictured is the 1991 Fleer base card #237. It may look bland and not have any resale value, but it was the first Emmitt Smith card I ever obtained, and therefore, remains one of my favorite.

Below is a list of the Emmitt Smith cards currently in my collection. If you have any Emmitt cards laying around that you do not want anymore, I may be willing to buy or trade for them, although I will admit that funds are a little tight for me right now. Similarly, if you are a fellow Emmitt collector and would like any of the cards below that I have indicated that I have doubles, by all means please ask. I will be happy to send them over to you. Shoot me an email and we will chat.

I have a bunch of Emmitt cards in a box I bought off a guy five years ago. Most of them are some sort of insert, I believe, but I’m not sure. I’m currently undergoing a massive reorganization of my cards (mostly baseball), but when I get to the football I’ll compare them against your inventory and ship any you don’t have in your direction!

I have 3 Emmitt Smith cards in the scre together molds left behind to me. 1996, Emmitt Smith, Pacific Collection, Die Cut, #1078 of #1210~ don’t see that you have this one and I can’t find mention of it anywhere I have looked so far. Another of the 3 is 1996,Topps, finest playmakers with the seal still in tact, Card#300, Theme P90,Rare. The last is a 1994, 23 Karat gold, league MVP,#3230 of 10,000. Let me know what ya think. Just figured I post this and see. thanks!

@Sarah, would you be looking for a trade, or would you be looking to sell them? Also, can you provide any other information on the cards? Even a card number (not the serial number), especially for cards 1 and 3 (the P90 would be the card number for card 2).

Im a huge Emmitt fan I have 891 cards in my collection i have slowed down myself because moneys been tight but I will trade I Will look through youre list and let you know what you dont have and see if we can make some trades.

I took a look at your site. Pretty cool! I will definitely have to peruse your collection to make a wishlist as you have a bunch I do not. I can already tell I am going to waste plenty of time looking over your collection!

Thanks for letting me add it. I will do it in the near future I still have some years to add and its taking forever. Ive been buying new ones here and there so its kinda kicking my butt to keep adding.I want to finish all the years so I can just scan my new ones.

Let me know if this is a good idea. I was thinking of adding a page to my site called (My new ones) I will add new cards that I get to show off the new stuff.

I like that idea of a “new” section. It would allow frequent visitors to see your newest additions, and allow you to dump all of your new scans on the site until you get a chance to organize them more formally. Cool idea.

Hey Bud, that’s awesome you got those cards back! My list above is complete for what I currently have in my possession. I did just order a few more Emmitts online this week, and those aren’t on the list yet as I don’t have them yet (I’m weird like that). They are:

Do you get all your cards from ebay? Have you checked out checkoutmycards.com very reasonable prices and shipping is cheaper if u buy more then one card instead of paying $3.00 on ebay. Dont get me wrong i still buy from ebay but when I buy several singles I usually got to that website.

It will be a little while before i get those to u but dont worry u will have them soon once i see what u dont have i will make a list and e-mail it to you.

If there is a very specific card I want, I will definitely go to eBay and then check out the seller’s other listings to try to get reduced shipping on multiple items. I’ve also found hobby shops around the U.S. through places like Beckett Marketplace, and then I contact the owner directly and ask if I can pay with PayPal or even a direct check. I also try to buy lots, figuring if I do receive cards I already have, I can always trade them or sell them again. I haven’t bought anything from checkoutmycards.com, but I have visited a few times. I will have to consider it more in the future.

I definitely have Warrick Dunn and Michael Irvin cards for the taking. Do you have any specifics in mind or would anything I have work? If you give me a few days, I can get you a detailed list of what I have for either of those guys (I have all of my cards catalogged in Microsoft Access, so it’s pretty easy to run a report per player).

Anyhting you have will work. Thank you for that any emmitt’s I come across that I have and you dont I will let you know and they are yours.
Just send me a list of those cards and I will see what I need.

103?!?!?! Are you kidding me?!? PLEASE let me know if there are any other players I can send your way, besides Dunn and Irvin. There is no way I can let you send me that many Emmitts without trying to return the favor. Don’t get me wrong, I am incredibly grateful for your generousity, but the kid in me that was taught to share wants to make sure you get something in return…

I will see what other players I want I will let you know.
I was going to ask you if you could look at your 2001 Score card of Emmitt on the back of the card top right hand it should say (Pack War Rating) right under that it should say (Endzone Eddie) or something different these are parallels and are almost impossible to tell apart. If you could let me know maybe yours is different.

At this point, just Curtis Conway. I realized this summer I really need to focus my collection, so right now I am just going for Emmitt and Curtis and the occassional set I feel like hand collating (usually Upper Deck’s flagship brand each year).

I want to start a Penn State alums collection, but that would be a very specific list of rookie cards, and I haven’t had time to pull that together yet.

I have all cards from pro set. Including 3 uncut sheets
1 sheet is all Emmitt ps1 thru ps10.
2nd sheet is a promo sheet with Emmitt on the bottom and seau, bettis, brooks, wilson & kenndy on top.
3rd is national sports collectors convention # sheet with Emmitt, Sanders, Watters, Centers, Armstrong, Rivers, Woodson, Dotson & Rice. I also Have some Action packed.

Whats up man just wondering if youve bought any new Emmitts I have a 1997 Score(New Breed) I got in a lot just wondering if you have it? If you dont let me know and I will send it your way.
Ive been buying like crazy my wife is going to be pissed….Just kidding my wife supports my adiction LOL

I am in public accounting, so right now I am in the depths of tax season. Hopefully once April 15 rolls around and I get a few days to unwind and go fishing, I can get back to normal and not be such a ghost here and other card happenings.

That is awesome. You are the man. I am hoping to get your LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG overdue box of cards packaged up and ready to go in the next day or two as it looks like I’ll finally have some down time. I can’t promise I will get it to the post office in that time frame, but that should hopefully be the easy part as my wife or someone else can run that errand if I don’t have time.

I bought a few singles right around the time you sent that large batch to me, but I haven’t done anything since then. Partially because I’m trying to organize my current collection (and complete a massive overhaul of my Emmitt Smith Collection website) as well as my obvious time restraints recently.

I’m sure it won’t be very long before I get another itch to buy again.

I cant wait to see what you do with the overhaul of your
site . Are you still going to scan your collection? You should go to barrysanderscards.com and checkout this guys site he has his whole collection scanned it’s freakin sweet I have found a bunch of my Emmitts using his site. I have hooked him up with a few Barry’s.

My new site may not look quite as clean as that one as I’m a dork and like raw html coding the site myself (no website software used), but that is the general concept I’m going with. I have a lot of the grunt work done and most of the card fronts scanned, I just need to tackle the card backs, which I expect will take quite a WHILE!

Ive been thinking of doing the back myself but I dont think I have the patience to do that, maybe one of these days Ill get to it. I have a question I bought an Emmitt Smith autograph it has a COA and he has 100% feedback I guess the question is do you trust those type of autos?

I’m not much of an autograph collector, partially because Emmitt’s pen usually costs too much. I did buy one Emmitt auto off eBay and feel confident with it. One key is to do some research. Make sure the card in question actually exists with any given serial numbering, etc. A lot of fakes don’t even make sense because the card they are trying to sell never actually existed. In the end, follow your gut. If it feels alright, go ahead and buy it. If you are feeling leary about the purchase, stay away.

Did you read this article? I do own the card now and it is great. I looks every bit as good as all the scans I had seen of it. Plus, it’s my only Emmitt auto, so it is really a “centerpiece” of my collection right now.

I didn’t get the card in the mail yet. It might be delivered today. I will let you know when I get a chance to ship your package.

Sweet article. I thought you where older you said the set came out when you where a kid Im 26 years old most Emmitt collectors Ive come across are usually alot older then me. I started watching the cowboys when I was in 3rd grade wich was Emmitts 3rd year I think.
Im getting off the subject I was wondering how much did you pay for your auto? I saw one on E-Bay but they where asking $234.00 I wanna say its only $200.00 I really dont want to dish out the full amount if I can prevent it.

I think I paid about $130 for mine, and it came with 30 other inserts. If the one you’re looking at is $234, that sounds too high. And I usually don’t bad mouth anyone, but if you are looking at Burbank Sportscards, expect to pay much more than you would anywhere else. They are always way over priced. When I was looking to pick that card up, Burbank had it for $235, but there was no way I was paying that much.

That sounds like a great deal if it also came with 30 inserts. I was told that once you get in to the 1200’s in Emmitt smith cards it becomes more difficult to find
different ones other than maybe relics and auto’s. I sware I see a different auto and relic every time I go to any site that sells cards I know for a fact I will never have them all but it sucks knowing that there are 1 of 1’s I can only dream of having and most guys that have those are big spenders. I bought a printing plate of a 1993 Pro Line it’s the one with him and his family behind him the guy said it was a 1 of 1 hopefully he wasn’t lying.I will keep looking for a great deal on that Emmitt auto I get very impatience when I cant find something and jump on the first I see, but this is a high dollar card so I cant get to crazy.

Yes, it is disappointing to know that there will always be cards out there you will never own. I just try to appreciate the ones I have and complete little minor goals like every Topps base card all of the various parallels for one particular set (if none of them are too scarce).

BTW, I got your card in the mail. Hopefully your bundle will be going out shortly.

I actually love parallels I think they are cooler than some inserts. Some are pretty expensive though I finally got that 1999 Topps Gold Label Race to Payton (Black) I got a great deal on it so I couldnt resist.
Feel free to let me know if youve got any new ones I like to haer about new finds. Later man

I have a 2000 Collector’s Edge Odyssey Last Man Standing I looked and didnt see it in your list let me know if Im correct and I will send it your way. That was a funny blog about you bieng fired. Later man.

Whats up man I got your package FREAKIN SWEET !!!! thanks for the cards. I was wondering how far along are you on your new site? I really havent messed with mine latley but I plan to get back to it pretty soon.

I have stalemated a little with my progress. I guess it is the nice weather and trying to get things done around the house. I’m sure once the hot and humid Northeastern summer arrives and I’m spending more time in the air conditioning my progress will pick up again. Scanning every card back is a daunting task at this point.

I definitely have Cris Carter cards. Is there anything you are specifically looking for, or do you just want to know what I might have available? At this point, I am still in the market for any Emmitts I don’t have, or any of the 2008 Masterpieces parallels I don’t have. I did just get a bunch more Emmitts at the National though, so I guess I should work on updating my list here.

Can you e-mail me a list of the Cris Carter and Randy Moss cards you have? If I dont have any thing you want would you be willing to sale some of them? I actually have a 1999 Skybox Dominion (Goal 2 Go) w/M.Faulk If you are interested let me know.

Things have been going fairly well. I am obviously still “collecting”, although things have taken a turn for the worse. I haven’t bought any new cards in a while due to some house projects that came up, and my quest to completely redesign my website was put on hold when my USB key (which I foolishly did not back up) stopped working.

I just need a long string of rainy days though, and I suspect I can be back up and running. 🙂

I will have 3 new ones coming youre way in about 2 weeks I got some new lots and have 3 I dont think you have. 2000 Absolutes (Canton Absolutes) #CA2, 1997 Playoff Contenders Pennants (Red) #8 and 1999 Skybox Dominion (goal 2 Go) #6 w/M.Faulk. In case you do have one of these let me know. Later Man.

@cody96ss: I actually already have all of those Emmitt Smith cards, so I am not interested in purchasing them.

Unfortunately, none of those cards are terribly special or rare, so you’re probably looking at $0.25 – $1.00 for each. I love cards from the 90s, but unfortunately, the early 90s were marked with excessive overprinting, making a lot of the cards practically worthless. Emmitt’s likeness is the only thing these cards have going for them.

My dad gave me his colelction of football/baseball cards, a little over 23,000 cards. He has sets and sets and sets and sets of cowboys cards, and in his collection one cought my eye it’s a STARTING LINEUP 1997 EMMIT SMITH NFL EDITION. I don’t know what it wold be worth or anything. would you know

Starting Lineups are actually small figurines of football players or other athletes. Many times (if not always), these figurines came with a card or two. If you had the original figurine in its original packaging, then you’d have something pretty nice in your collection. But just the card alone isn’t worth very much. You might find an Emmitt Smith or Cowboys collector who would be willing to pay a few dollars for it, but I’m afraid you’ll be hard up to get anything more than that.

Granted, I could be wrong. Card prices on eBay occasionally shock me for being so high or so low, so you could get lucky.

I am looking for an Emmitt Smith Checklist for all cards from 1988-current. I have several thousand cards of his and would be interested in a list on CD such as the one above, Generally look on E-bay for new cards. Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,

I have wanted to compile a complete Emmitt Smith checklist for quite some time and just haven’t had a chance to. One resource would be beckett.com. That should have just about every Emmitt Smith card produced, including every parallel and a lot of “off” brand sets. Granted, that won’t have every single card ever, especially any regionally produced or small print run advertising cards, but would be a great place to start. New releases are also added on a fairly consistent basis.

Hope that helps. If I ever get around to compiling a list, I will keep you in mind.

Hi there, didn’t realized there were so many collectors out there. Trying to get in touch with all Emmitt collectors. It appears that most emmitt fans collects only his cards, especially the high end one. I’ve been collecting Emmitt’s stuffs over 20 years now. I’ve seen all the you tube videos. Those are great collections , but it’s all high end and I feel that these collectors are in it for investment. I feel that a real Emmitt fan should try to collect everything that has Emmitt’s name on it. I know it’s impossible , but when ever I see an oddball item on ebay , I will bid on it. I wish I had the time or knowledge to do a website like you , even a you tube video. I know there’s got a to be a collector out there that has some crazy Emmitt memorabilia , besides just collecting high end cards. Of course , some of us can’t compete with the wealthy collectors. That ” super collection ” on you tube is insane , I guess some of us collectors got a piece of it. Good luck on completing the list of all the Emmitt’s cards.

A friend of mine just gave me a card he wants to sell for Christmas money, it’s a ‘pro-line live’ card, on the back it states: ‘Congratulations You have received a limited edition 1994 classic NFL pro line autographed card’ the front has Emmitt;s signature and is numbered 47/925, it appears to be in mint condition and is encapsulated. He is trying to get $300 for it.

In addition to the 2002 Gridiron Kings Chicago Collection 05/05 card I made a post about in your other article about Emmitt,I also have a 2000 Quantum Leaf “Shirt off my Back” promo card with a game used jersey swatch in it. Better yet, it is autographed and GAI certified in the case. The card is numbered SB15 with a gold ‘PROMO’ stamp on the back. The GAI number is 10472328. I would be more than happy to send you scans of both cards if you are interested.

Wow. I am just a small time collector with about 50 Emmitt Smith cards. I am truly jealous of the collections you guys (and girls) have. I live in Massachusetts and just got in my first autographed memoribilia from Mr. Smith. I have been searching ebay and craigslist for years for an affordable and authentic piece. Anyone who has extra E.S. cards or memoribilia that are affordable, i would be thrilled with the chance to buy them from you. I have a Emmitt Smith wall in my Mantown that I am trying to fill up. That way when my son, named Emmitt (Aug 31,2010), grows up, he will become a fan as well. My email is redsoxfan5538@yahoo.com. I look forward to hearing from any of you.

Are you interested in a 1994 Stadium Sports #68 Emmitt MVP gold signnature card? Also will find my Mini football signed by Emmitt at Buffalo Biliards after a Radio Interview with him and Coach Phill Fulmer Signed by both. Thanks

I have 125 Emmitt Cards that I am trying to get rid of due to getting stationed over seas. I have tto get rid of ALLLLL of my cards, baseball, football, basketball, & hockey. I have 10,000+. If this interests ANYONE I would be more than happy to sell them one by one or as a whole package for $xxxx. Call 217-722-9399 Make me an offer Please.

Hi Sean – that sounds like a great piece. It would be tough to gauge the value of it as I’m sure it’s pretty rare. I am certainly no expert in appraising items, so I don’t think I can be of much help. I would suggest locating a local auction house or perhaps contacting a company like PSA to see if you can have an actual appraisal.

Hey i can see you are a big emmitt fan , i am to .Have a lot of emmitt cards and doubles to .I like to trade or by,The cards i like to get is 1991 stadium club PROOF #2 and 1992 proline national convention #316

They’re from 1993 action packed very good condition if you want pictures of the cards, also have aikman prototypes, favre prototypes, rice prototypes, young prototypes all 93 and 94 action packed the emmit es1 I have 70 of luckily it’s the most valued of prototypes in that small list of cards I have